diff --git a/packages/core/src/public/opencode.ts b/packages/core/src/public/opencode.ts
index 80c69bdb06..b39b0d52c4 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/public/opencode.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/public/opencode.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ export * as OpenCode from "./opencode"
 
 import { Context, Effect, Layer } from "effect"
 import { Catalog } from "../catalog"
+import { AgentV2 } from "../agent"
 import { Database } from "../database/database"
 import { EventV2 } from "../event"
 import { LocationServiceMap } from "../location-layer"
@@ -12,12 +13,13 @@ import * as SessionExecutionLocal from "../session/execution/local"
 import { SessionProjector } from "../session/projector"
 import { SessionStore } from "../session/store"
 import { ApplicationTools } from "../tool/application-tools"
+import { TaskTool } from "../tool/task"
 import { Session } from "./session"
 import { Tool } from "./tool"
 
 export interface Interface {
-  readonly sessions: Session.Interface
-  readonly tools: Tool.Interface
+  readonly session: Session.Interface
+  readonly tool: Tool.Interface
 }
 
 /** Intentional public native API for Effect applications embedding OpenCode. */
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ const SessionsLayer = Layer.merge(
     Layer.orDie,
   ),
   SessionModelValidationLayer,
-).pipe(Layer.provide(LocationServicesLayer))
+).pipe(Layer.provideMerge(LocationServicesLayer))
 const ApplicationToolsLayer = ApplicationTools.layer
 
 // TODO: Accept explicit storage so tests and embeddings can select disposable or application-owned persistence.
@@ -85,14 +87,24 @@ export const layer = Layer.effect(
   Service,
   Effect.gen(function* () {
     const sessions = yield* SessionV2.Service
+    const locations = yield* LocationServiceMap
     const tools = yield* ApplicationTools.Service
     const validation = yield* SessionModelValidation
+    yield* tools.register({
+      task: yield* TaskTool.make(sessions, (location, id) =>
+        AgentV2.Service.pipe(
+          Effect.flatMap((agents) => agents.get(id)),
+          Effect.provide(locations.get(location)),
+        ),
+      ),
+    })
     return Service.of({
-      tools: { register: tools.register },
-      sessions: {
+      tool: { register: tools.register },
+      session: {
         create: (input) =>
           sessions.create({
             id: input.id,
+            parentID: input.parentID,
             agent: input.agent,
             model: input.model,
             location: input.location,
@@ -111,7 +123,9 @@ export const layer = Layer.effect(
             sessionID: input.sessionID,
             prompt: input.prompt,
             delivery: input.delivery,
+            resume: input.resume,
           }),
+        resume: sessions.resume,
         messages: (input) =>
           sessions.messages({
             sessionID: input.sessionID,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/public/session.ts b/packages/core/src/public/session.ts
index 6c61aff3b6..1c1f4d9380 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/public/session.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/public/session.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { SessionEvent } from "../session/event"
 import { SessionInput } from "../session/input"
 import { SessionMessage } from "../session/message"
 import { Prompt } from "../session/prompt"
+import type { SessionRunner } from "../session/runner"
 import { Agent } from "./agent"
 import { Location } from "./location"
 import { Model } from "./model"
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ export { MessageDecodeError }
 
 export interface CreateInput {
   readonly id?: ID
+  readonly parentID?: ID
   readonly agent?: Agent.ID
   readonly model?: Model.Ref
   readonly location: Location.Ref
@@ -75,6 +77,8 @@ export interface PromptInput {
   readonly sessionID: ID
   readonly prompt: Prompt
   readonly delivery?: Delivery
+  /** Admit durably without scheduling execution. */
+  readonly resume?: boolean
 }
 
 export interface SwitchModelInput {
@@ -107,6 +111,8 @@ export interface Interface {
   readonly get: (sessionID: ID) => Effect.Effect<Info, NotFoundError>
   readonly list: (input?: ListInput) => Effect.Effect<Info[]>
   readonly prompt: (input: PromptInput) => Effect.Effect<Admission, NotFoundError | PromptConflictError>
+  /** Explicitly drain one Session and wait for the current execution chain to settle. */
+  readonly resume: (sessionID: ID) => Effect.Effect<void, NotFoundError | SessionRunner.RunError>
   readonly switchModel: (
     input: SwitchModelInput,
   ) => Effect.Effect<void, NotFoundError | ModelUnavailableError | VariantUnavailableError>
diff --git a/packages/core/src/session.ts b/packages/core/src/session.ts
index 8ea4593304..32d011dfb4 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/session.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/session.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ export type ListInput = typeof ListInput.Type
 
 type CreateInput = {
   id?: SessionSchema.ID
+  parentID?: SessionSchema.ID
   agent?: AgentV2.ID
   model?: ModelV2.Ref
   location: Location.Ref
@@ -216,6 +217,7 @@ export const layer = Layer.effect(
           slug: Slug.create(),
           version: InstallationVersion,
           projectID: project.id,
+          parentID: input.parentID,
           directory: input.location.directory,
           path: path.relative(project.directory, input.location.directory).replaceAll("\\", "/"),
           workspaceID: input.location.workspaceID ? WorkspaceV2.ID.make(input.location.workspaceID) : undefined,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/tool/task.ts b/packages/core/src/tool/task.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c5f43de810
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/tool/task.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+export * as TaskTool from "./task"
+
+import { ToolFailure } from "@opencode-ai/llm"
+import { Cause, Effect, Schema, Scope } from "effect"
+import { AgentV2 } from "../agent"
+import { Location } from "../location"
+import { SessionV2 } from "../session"
+import { SessionMessage } from "../session/message"
+import { Prompt } from "../session/prompt"
+import { Tool } from "./tool"
+
+export const Input = Schema.Struct({
+  description: Schema.String.annotate({ description: "A short description of the task" }),
+  prompt: Schema.String.annotate({ description: "The task for the agent to perform" }),
+  subagent_type: Schema.String.annotate({ description: "The specialized agent to use" }),
+  background: Schema.optional(Schema.Boolean).annotate({
+    description: "Return immediately and notify the parent Session when the task finishes",
+  }),
+})
+
+export const Output = Schema.Struct({
+  sessionID: SessionV2.ID,
+  status: Schema.Literals(["running", "completed"]),
+  output: Schema.String.pipe(Schema.optional),
+})
+
+type Sessions = Pick<SessionV2.Interface, "create" | "get" | "interrupt" | "messages" | "prompt" | "resume">
+
+export const make = Effect.fn("TaskTool.make")(function* (
+  sessions: Sessions,
+  resolveAgent: (location: Location.Ref, id: AgentV2.ID) => Effect.Effect<AgentV2.Info | undefined>,
+) {
+  const scope = yield* Scope.Scope
+
+  return Tool.make({
+    description:
+      "Delegate focused work to a specialized child agent. Foreground calls wait for the result; background calls return immediately and notify this Session when complete.",
+    input: Input,
+    output: Output,
+    execute: (parameters, context) =>
+      Effect.gen(function* () {
+        const parent = yield* sessions.get(context.sessionID)
+        const agent = yield* resolveAgent(parent.location, AgentV2.ID.make(parameters.subagent_type))
+        if (!agent || (agent.mode !== "subagent" && agent.mode !== "all") || agent.hidden)
+          return yield* new ToolFailure({ message: `Unknown subagent: ${parameters.subagent_type}` })
+        const child = yield* sessions.create({
+          parentID: parent.id,
+          location: parent.location,
+          agent: agent.id,
+          model: agent.model ?? parent.model,
+        })
+
+        // TODO: Replace this fresh-child-only composition once Session execution exposes a bounded
+        // activity/result identity. An admission ID alone cannot correlate a response when one drain
+        // processes later queued work.
+        const run = Effect.gen(function* () {
+          yield* sessions.prompt({
+            sessionID: child.id,
+            prompt: new Prompt({ text: parameters.prompt }),
+            delivery: "steer",
+            resume: false,
+          })
+          yield* sessions.resume(child.id)
+          const messages = yield* sessions.messages({ sessionID: child.id, order: "desc", limit: 1 })
+          const assistant = messages.find(
+            (message): message is SessionMessage.Assistant => message.type === "assistant" && !!message.time.completed,
+          )
+          if (!assistant) return ""
+          return assistant.content
+            .filter((part): part is SessionMessage.AssistantText => part.type === "text")
+            .map((part) => part.text)
+            .join("\n")
+        })
+
+        if (parameters.background !== true) {
+          const output = yield* run.pipe(
+            Effect.onInterrupt(() => sessions.interrupt(child.id)),
+            Effect.mapError((error) => new ToolFailure({ message: `Task failed: ${String(error)}`, error })),
+          )
+          return { sessionID: child.id, status: "completed" as const, output }
+        }
+
+        yield* run.pipe(
+          Effect.matchCauseEffect({
+            onSuccess: (output) => notify("completed", output),
+            onFailure: (cause) =>
+              Cause.hasInterruptsOnly(cause) ? Effect.void : notify("error", String(Cause.squash(cause))),
+          }),
+          Effect.tapCause((cause) => Effect.logError("Background task notification failed", Cause.squash(cause))),
+          Effect.ignore,
+          Effect.forkIn(scope, { startImmediately: true }),
+        )
+        return { sessionID: child.id, status: "running" as const }
+
+        function notify(state: "completed" | "error", text: string) {
+          const tag = state === "completed" ? "task_result" : "task_error"
+          return sessions.prompt({
+            sessionID: parent.id,
+            prompt: new Prompt({
+              text: `<task id="${child.id}" state="${state}">\n<summary>Background task ${state}: ${parameters.description}</summary>\n<${tag}>\n${text}\n</${tag}>\n</task>`,
+            }),
+            delivery: "steer",
+          })
+        }
+      }).pipe(
+        Effect.mapError((error) =>
+          error instanceof ToolFailure
+            ? error
+            : new ToolFailure({ message: `Unable to run task: ${String(error)}`, error }),
+        ),
+      ),
+    toModelOutput: ({ output }) => [
+      {
+        type: "text",
+        text:
+          output.status === "running"
+            ? `<task id="${output.sessionID}" state="running">\nThe task is working in the background. You will be notified automatically when it finishes.\n</task>`
+            : `<task id="${output.sessionID}" state="completed">\n<task_result>\n${output.output ?? ""}\n</task_result>\n</task>`,
+      },
+    ],
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/core/test/public-opencode.test.ts b/packages/core/test/public-opencode.test.ts
index c5f90e92c4..acd679307d 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/public-opencode.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/public-opencode.test.ts
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ describe("public native OpenCode API", () => {
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const opencode = yield* OpenCode.Service
 
-      expect(Object.keys(opencode).sort()).toEqual(["sessions", "tools"])
+      expect(Object.keys(opencode).sort()).toEqual(["session", "tool"])
 
-      expect(Object.keys(opencode.sessions).sort()).toEqual([
+      expect(Object.keys(opencode.session).sort()).toEqual([
         "context",
         "create",
         "events",
@@ -25,12 +25,13 @@ describe("public native OpenCode API", () => {
         "message",
         "messages",
         "prompt",
+        "resume",
         "switchModel",
       ])
       expect(Session.ID.create()).toStartWith("ses_")
       expect(Session.MessageID.create()).toStartWith("msg_")
-      expect(yield* opencode.sessions.list()).toBeArray()
-      yield* opencode.tools.register({
+      expect(yield* opencode.session.list()).toBeArray()
+      yield* opencode.tool.register({
         public_tool: Tool.make({
           description: "Public tool",
           input: Schema.Struct({}),
@@ -52,14 +53,14 @@ describe("public native OpenCode API", () => {
           const opencode = yield* OpenCode.Service
           const sessionID = Session.ID.make("ses_public_switch_available")
           const model = ref({ variant: "fast" })
-          yield* opencode.sessions.create({
+          yield* opencode.session.create({
             id: sessionID,
             location: Location.Ref.make({ directory: AbsolutePath.make(tmp.path) }),
           })
 
-          yield* opencode.sessions.switchModel({ sessionID, model })
+          yield* opencode.session.switchModel({ sessionID, model })
 
-          expect((yield* opencode.sessions.get(sessionID)).model).toEqual(model)
+          expect((yield* opencode.session.get(sessionID)).model).toEqual(model)
         }),
       ),
     ),
@@ -77,27 +78,27 @@ describe("public native OpenCode API", () => {
           const opencode = yield* OpenCode.Service
           const availableID = Session.ID.make("ses_public_switch_exact_available")
           const disabledID = Session.ID.make("ses_public_switch_exact_disabled")
-          yield* opencode.sessions.create({
+          yield* opencode.session.create({
             id: availableID,
             location: Location.Ref.make({ directory: AbsolutePath.make(available.path) }),
           })
-          yield* opencode.sessions.create({
+          yield* opencode.session.create({
             id: disabledID,
             location: Location.Ref.make({ directory: AbsolutePath.make(disabled.path) }),
           })
 
-          yield* opencode.sessions.switchModel({ sessionID: availableID, model: ref({ variant: "default" }) })
-          const disabledError = yield* opencode.sessions
+          yield* opencode.session.switchModel({ sessionID: availableID, model: ref({ variant: "default" }) })
+          const disabledError = yield* opencode.session
             .switchModel({ sessionID: disabledID, model: ref() })
             .pipe(Effect.flip)
-          const missingError = yield* opencode.sessions
+          const missingError = yield* opencode.session
             .switchModel({ sessionID: disabledID, model: ref({ id: "missing" }) })
             .pipe(Effect.flip)
 
           expect(disabledError).toBeInstanceOf(Session.ModelUnavailableError)
           expect(missingError).toBeInstanceOf(Session.ModelUnavailableError)
-          expect((yield* opencode.sessions.get(availableID)).model).toEqual(ref({ variant: "default" }))
-          expect((yield* opencode.sessions.get(disabledID)).model).toBeUndefined()
+          expect((yield* opencode.session.get(availableID)).model).toEqual(ref({ variant: "default" }))
+          expect((yield* opencode.session.get(disabledID)).model).toBeUndefined()
         }),
       ),
     ),
@@ -114,18 +115,18 @@ describe("public native OpenCode API", () => {
           const opencode = yield* OpenCode.Service
           const sessionID = Session.ID.make("ses_public_switch_variant")
           const selected = ref({ variant: "fast" })
-          yield* opencode.sessions.create({
+          yield* opencode.session.create({
             id: sessionID,
             location: Location.Ref.make({ directory: AbsolutePath.make(tmp.path) }),
           })
-          yield* opencode.sessions.switchModel({ sessionID, model: selected })
+          yield* opencode.session.switchModel({ sessionID, model: selected })
 
-          const error = yield* opencode.sessions
+          const error = yield* opencode.session
             .switchModel({ sessionID, model: ref({ variant: "unknown" }) })
             .pipe(Effect.flip)
 
           expect(error).toBeInstanceOf(Session.VariantUnavailableError)
-          expect((yield* opencode.sessions.get(sessionID)).model).toEqual(selected)
+          expect((yield* opencode.session.get(sessionID)).model).toEqual(selected)
         }),
       ),
     ),
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ describe("public native OpenCode API", () => {
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const opencode = yield* OpenCode.Service
       const sessionID = Session.ID.make("ses_public_switch_missing")
-      const error = yield* opencode.sessions
+      const error = yield* opencode.session
         .switchModel({
           sessionID,
           model: Schema.decodeUnknownSync(Model.Ref)({ id: "claude-sonnet-4-5", providerID: "anthropic" }),
diff --git a/packages/core/test/session-create.test.ts b/packages/core/test/session-create.test.ts
index 3551ec52f3..0beb568266 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/session-create.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/session-create.test.ts
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ describe("SessionV2.create", () => {
   it.effect("stores supplied immutable create attributes", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const session = yield* SessionV2.Service
+      const parentID = SessionV2.ID.make("ses_parent")
       const workspaceID = WorkspaceV2.ID.make("wrk_test")
       const model = ModelV2.Ref.make({
         id: ModelV2.ID.make("sonnet"),
@@ -104,10 +105,11 @@ describe("SessionV2.create", () => {
       expect(
         yield* session.create({
           location: Location.Ref.make({ directory: location.directory, workspaceID }),
+          parentID,
           agent: AgentV2.ID.make("build"),
           model,
         }),
-      ).toMatchObject({ location: { directory: location.directory, workspaceID }, agent: "build", model })
+      ).toMatchObject({ parentID, location: { directory: location.directory, workspaceID }, agent: "build", model })
     }),
   )
 
diff --git a/packages/core/test/tool-task.test.ts b/packages/core/test/tool-task.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..be0c58a874
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/test/tool-task.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+import { describe, expect } from "bun:test"
+import { AbsolutePath } from "@opencode-ai/core/schema"
+import { AgentV2 } from "@opencode-ai/core/agent"
+import { Location } from "@opencode-ai/core/location"
+import { ModelV2 } from "@opencode-ai/core/model"
+import { ProjectV2 } from "@opencode-ai/core/project"
+import { ProviderV2 } from "@opencode-ai/core/provider"
+import { SessionV2 } from "@opencode-ai/core/session"
+import { SessionInput } from "@opencode-ai/core/session/input"
+import { SessionMessage } from "@opencode-ai/core/session/message"
+import { TaskTool } from "@opencode-ai/core/tool/task"
+import { Tool } from "@opencode-ai/core/tool/tool"
+import { DateTime, Deferred, Effect, Fiber, Layer } from "effect"
+import { toolIdentity } from "./lib/tool"
+import { testEffect } from "./lib/effect"
+
+const parentID = SessionV2.ID.make("ses_task_parent")
+const childID = SessionV2.ID.make("ses_task_child")
+const location = Location.Ref.make({ directory: AbsolutePath.make("/project") })
+const parent = new SessionV2.Info({
+  id: parentID,
+  projectID: ProjectV2.ID.make("project"),
+  agent: AgentV2.ID.make("build"),
+  model: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("model"), providerID: ProviderV2.ID.make("provider") },
+  cost: 0,
+  tokens: { input: 0, output: 0, reasoning: 0, cache: { read: 0, write: 0 } },
+  time: { created: DateTime.makeUnsafe(0), updated: DateTime.makeUnsafe(0) },
+  title: "Parent",
+  location,
+})
+const child = new SessionV2.Info({
+  id: childID,
+  parentID,
+  projectID: parent.projectID,
+  agent: parent.agent,
+  model: parent.model,
+  cost: 0,
+  tokens: parent.tokens,
+  time: parent.time,
+  title: "Child",
+  location,
+})
+const assistant = new SessionMessage.Assistant({
+  id: SessionMessage.ID.make("msg_task_assistant"),
+  type: "assistant",
+  agent: "explore",
+  model: parent.model!,
+  content: [new SessionMessage.AssistantText({ type: "text", id: "text", text: "Task output" })],
+  time: { created: DateTime.makeUnsafe(1), completed: DateTime.makeUnsafe(2) },
+})
+const input = {
+  description: "Map auth",
+  prompt: "Map the authentication flow",
+  subagent_type: "explore",
+}
+
+describe("TaskTool", () => {
+  const it = testEffect(Layer.empty)
+  const resolveAgent = (): Effect.Effect<AgentV2.Info | undefined> =>
+    Effect.succeed(AgentV2.Info.empty(AgentV2.ID.make("explore")))
+
+  it.effect("runs a foreground child with an admit-only steer and explicit resume", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      const inputs: Parameters<SessionV2.Interface["prompt"]>[0][] = []
+      let resumed = 0
+      const sessions = mockSessions({
+        prompt: (value) => {
+          inputs.push(value)
+          return Effect.succeed(admission(value))
+        },
+        resume: () => Effect.sync(() => resumed++),
+      })
+      const tool = yield* TaskTool.make(sessions, resolveAgent)
+
+      const result = yield* execute(tool, { ...input, background: false }, "call_task")
+
+      expect(result.structured).toEqual({ sessionID: childID, status: "completed", output: "Task output" })
+      expect(inputs).toHaveLength(1)
+      expect(inputs[0]).toMatchObject({ sessionID: childID, delivery: "steer", resume: false })
+      expect(resumed).toBe(1)
+    }),
+  )
+
+  it.effect("rejects an unknown subagent before creating a child", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      let created = false
+      const sessions = mockSessions({
+        create: () =>
+          Effect.sync(() => {
+            created = true
+            return child
+          }),
+      })
+      const tool = yield* TaskTool.make(sessions, () => Effect.succeed(undefined))
+
+      const error = yield* execute(tool, { ...input, subagent_type: "missing" }, "call_task_unknown").pipe(Effect.flip)
+
+      expect(error.message).toBe("Unknown subagent: missing")
+      expect(created).toBe(false)
+    }),
+  )
+
+  it.live("does not notify the parent when background work is interrupted", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      let notified = false
+      const sessions = mockSessions({
+        prompt: (value) => {
+          if (value.sessionID === parentID) notified = true
+          return Effect.succeed(admission(value))
+        },
+        resume: () => Effect.interrupt,
+      })
+      const tool = yield* TaskTool.make(sessions, resolveAgent)
+
+      const result = yield* execute(tool, { ...input, background: true }, "call_task_background_interrupt")
+
+      expect(result.structured).toEqual({ sessionID: childID, status: "running" })
+      yield* Effect.yieldNow
+      expect(notified).toBe(false)
+    }),
+  )
+
+  it.live("interrupts the child when foreground waiting is interrupted", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      const resumed = yield* Deferred.make<void>()
+      const interrupts: SessionV2.ID[] = []
+      const sessions = mockSessions({
+        resume: () => Deferred.succeed(resumed, undefined).pipe(Effect.andThen(Effect.never)),
+        interrupt: (sessionID) => Effect.sync(() => interrupts.push(sessionID)),
+      })
+      const tool = yield* TaskTool.make(sessions, resolveAgent)
+      const fiber = yield* execute(tool, input, "call_task_interrupt").pipe(Effect.forkChild)
+
+      yield* Deferred.await(resumed)
+      yield* Fiber.interrupt(fiber)
+      expect(interrupts).toEqual([childID])
+    }),
+  )
+
+  it.live("returns before background completion and steers the result into the parent", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      const gate = yield* Deferred.make<void>()
+      const notified = yield* Deferred.make<Parameters<SessionV2.Interface["prompt"]>[0]>()
+      const inputs: Parameters<SessionV2.Interface["prompt"]>[0][] = []
+      const sessions = mockSessions({
+        prompt: (value) => {
+          inputs.push(value)
+          return value.sessionID === parentID
+            ? Deferred.succeed(notified, value).pipe(Effect.as(admission(value)))
+            : Effect.succeed(admission(value))
+        },
+        resume: () => Deferred.await(gate),
+      })
+      const tool = yield* TaskTool.make(sessions, resolveAgent)
+
+      const result = yield* execute(tool, { ...input, background: true }, "call_task_background")
+
+      expect(result.structured).toEqual({ sessionID: childID, status: "running" })
+      expect(inputs).toHaveLength(1)
+      yield* Deferred.succeed(gate, undefined)
+      const notification = yield* Deferred.await(notified)
+      expect(notification).toMatchObject({ sessionID: parentID, delivery: "steer" })
+      expect(notification.prompt.text).toContain("Background task completed: Map auth")
+      expect(notification.prompt.text).toContain("Task output")
+    }),
+  )
+})
+
+function mockSessions(overrides: {
+  create?: SessionV2.Interface["create"]
+  interrupt?: SessionV2.Interface["interrupt"]
+  prompt?: SessionV2.Interface["prompt"]
+  resume?: SessionV2.Interface["resume"]
+}): Pick<SessionV2.Interface, "create" | "get" | "interrupt" | "messages" | "prompt" | "resume"> {
+  return {
+    create: overrides.create ?? (() => Effect.succeed(child)),
+    get: (id) => Effect.succeed(id === parentID ? parent : child),
+    prompt: overrides.prompt ?? ((value) => Effect.succeed(admission(value))),
+    resume: overrides.resume ?? (() => Effect.void),
+    messages: () => Effect.succeed([assistant]),
+    interrupt: overrides.interrupt ?? (() => Effect.void),
+  }
+}
+
+function admission(input: Parameters<SessionV2.Interface["prompt"]>[0]) {
+  return new SessionInput.Admitted({
+    admittedSeq: 1,
+    id: input.id ?? SessionMessage.ID.create(),
+    sessionID: input.sessionID,
+    prompt: input.prompt,
+    delivery: input.delivery ?? "steer",
+    timeCreated: DateTime.makeUnsafe(0),
+  })
+}
+
+function execute(tool: Tool.AnyTool, input: unknown, toolCallID: string) {
+  return Tool.settle(
+    tool,
+    { type: "tool-call", id: toolCallID, name: "task", input },
+    {
+      sessionID: parentID,
+      ...toolIdentity,
+      toolCallID,
+    },
+  )
+}